| Author: | Elfriede Jelinek, Penny Black | ISBN: | 9781849436380 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books | Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Elfriede Jelinek, Penny Black |
| ISBN: | 9781849436380 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books |
| Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books |
| Language: | English |
First produced in 1998 at the famous Vienna Burgtheater, the remarkable and provocative Sports Play by Austrian playwright Elfriede Jelinek is a postdramatic theatrical exploration of the making, marketing and sale of the human body and of emotions in sport. It explores contemporary society’s obsession with fitness and body culture bringing into sharp focus our need to belong to a group, a team or a nation. Sport is seen as a form of war in peacetime
First produced in 1998 at the famous Vienna Burgtheater, the remarkable and provocative Sports Play by Austrian playwright Elfriede Jelinek is a postdramatic theatrical exploration of the making, marketing and sale of the human body and of emotions in sport. It explores contemporary society’s obsession with fitness and body culture bringing into sharp focus our need to belong to a group, a team or a nation. Sport is seen as a form of war in peacetime
